Meanings
present singular third person ropes in · participle present roping in · participle past roped in · past roped in
- transitiveTo cause (someone) to become involved in something they are reluctant to do; to draw into something.
In March last year, the Supreme Court had set aside its own 2009 judgment and set six convicts free, who were earlier sent to death row. […] The Supreme Court said the six men were falsely implicated and roped in by the police.
2020 August 30, “Denotified 68 Years Ago, ‘Criminal’ Tribes Still Fight Stigma, Poverty”, in Outlook India, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2020
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
German heranziehen
- heranziehento cause (someone) to become involved in something
Spanish llevar en la balastra, agarrar
- llevar en la balastrato cause (someone) to become involved in something
- agarrarto cause (someone) to become involved in something
- engancharto cause (someone) to become involved in something
- meterto cause (someone) to become involved in something
Cite this entry
rope in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rope%20in
“rope in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rope%20in. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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